Recovery Road
06 February 2008
By SFC Gordon Ewell (U.S. Army)
So, you have found yourself here in wing 7D
It’s not at all where you would choose to be
You would not pick to have a Traumatic Brain Injury
And you would not have chosen to also have PTSD
You are missing an arm or a leg, maybe a double amputee
Your thoughts are all garbled, and random as can be
In a split second your mood changes to bitter and then to angry
And again, with no warning at all, it shifts to a teary,
Depressed bundle of “Why me?” and self-pitty
I know how it is, I know how you feel
For you see, I have been in your shoes, in wing 7D
Right now you might not think a “happy ending”
could possibly
Come out of what happened to you overseas
But that ending is out there my friend;
you must have faith and believe
We rally around each other, quite literally
For Hope and Support and the Love that we need
Oh, it won’t make the “Recovery Road” pain-free,
trust me
But it will make it easier to travel,
hang in there, you’ll see
Don’t ever give up, ever quit, ever “Cower”
And don’t be afraid to cry,
those tears give you power
Trust in your providers,
most I know personally
They truly care about you,
just as they cared about me
Some more friends of mine will be there regularly
They are the “Blue Star Riders,”
and they are awesome – you’ll see
They want to help boost your morale,
they sure did it for me
You will NEVER be the same old you,
that guy is gone
Save yourself some misery, quit looking for him,
it’s time to move on
But soon a “new you,”
you will be-friend
And if you want it,
a happy and productive life you can enjoy
to the end
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